衛えい星せい写しゃ真しん

noun

satellite photograph; satellite image

Refers to a photograph or image taken by an artificial satellite, often used in weather forecasting, mapping, and surveillance.

• 気き象しょう予よ報ほう士しは衛えい星せい写しゃ真しんを使つかって天てん気きを予よ測そくする。

  Weather forecasters use satellite photographs to predict the weather.

• この衛えい星せい写しゃ真しんには台たい風ふうの目めがはっきり写うつっている。

  The eye of the typhoon is clearly visible in this satellite image.